Taking Time to Smell the Flowers

David and Leah, fountain just beyond

With no playground, the girls had to make due with the lovely grounds of the Charlottenburg Schloss. They were in love with the big chrysanthemums, which they called "Marigolds."

Leah smelling a yellow bell flower (?)

The game was, they would scream "Marigolds!" and run to the next big orange flower, smell it and some if its neighbors, and continue on. The other visitors were either charmed or scared.

Alice sniffing the marigolds

The flower beds where charming, with several flowers I could identify, and a few I couldn't it. They had this tiny lambs ear variety that was very pretty.

We even caught a bee in the act of sipping some snapdragons, too!

A chubby bee, with many flowers to choose from.